The US Department of Energy has commissioned the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) research to understand why the cost of solar has decreased so dramatically in the past decades and how this trend can continue in the future.

Turkey is preparing to boost its renewable energy generation capacity. Plans to hold a tender for the construction of what is said to be the world’s largest photovoltaic solar plant were recently announced by the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Berat Albayrak. The 1 GW solar farm will be built in Konya, in central Anatolia.

15,296 solar modules manufactured by Trina Solar have been installed on 66 carports at the Weeze Airport in Germany. The planning and construction phase for the project, managed by EEPro, were completed within four weeks each.

The UK has reached a new milestone in solar power generation. In the past six months, solar panels produced more electricity that coal, according to data published by the Carbon Brief, a website covering climate change and energy policies.